From: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:11:31 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add a method for extracting input channels by name.
X-Git-Tag: 0.5~13
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d9e10235030370ec57db961c28d7d7191d534711;p=pypiezo.git

Add a method for extracting input channels by name.
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diff --git a/pypiezo/base.py b/pypiezo/base.py
index 4cffdba..b80d727 100644
--- a/pypiezo/base.py
+++ b/pypiezo/base.py
@@ -455,6 +455,13 @@ class Piezo (object):
                 return axis
         raise ValueError(name)
 
+    def input_channel_by_name(self, name):
+        "Get an input channel by its name."
+        for input_channel in self.input_channels:
+            if input_channel.name == name:
+                return input_channel
+        raise ValueError(name)
+
     def channels(self, direction=None):
         """Iterate through all `(name, channel)` tuples.